“Well Ima Assassinate president Obama this evening !...Gotta get this monkey off my chest while he's in town -_-.” Another message claimed that the Secret Service “is gonna be defenseless once I aim the Assault Rifle at Barack’s Forehead… F* the #DNC.”

When a Twitter follower asked, “U serious??” in response to one of the Obama threats, Sims replied, “as a Heart Attack.”...

His last tweet before the Secret Service showed up was “Smoking a L as I wait on my Chinese Food.” According to the Secret Service report, Donte Jamar Sims, 21, smiled when they read him those tweets.

Rehajin: Last I heard, Secret Service was on the case for the threat against Romney (along with the alleged theft of his tax records.) The Secret Service was something of a joke with Hookergate and letting one of their vans get stolen, but I think they're really trying to regain face.

-- Doubtful. The tweets came out on 9/3, on 9/4 they were still saying outside, rain or shine. The decision came on 9/5; per the story, (9/6) the guy was apprehended on "yesterday" (meaning 9/5, hint news writers: This is why you use dates! Yesterday and tomorrow change!) Unless there were other threats we don't know about, security was not the concern.

Twitter was supposed to be the killer app that allowed for organization of Arab Spring, the real-time coordination of Occupy protests. The geniuses that made those claims forgot one thing- Twitter is public, and the opposition can see your every move...oops!

Another crazy guy acting alone? Unless he was white. Then the logical starting point is that he is a disgruntled Republican under the influence of imposing campaign graphics and uncivil political discourse emanating from right-wing sources.

"(T)he constitutional guarantees of free speech and free press do not permit a State to forbid or proscribe advocacy of the use of force or of law violation except where such advocacy is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action."

I do not think you can punish people for speech crimes, for expressing a bad thought or idea. You have to prove some sort of action, some sort of conspiracy.

I do not think this guy should be a felon and I think making a felony out of this is idiotic.

Crack....you cited our dear Jenny the Dim's speech. We in Michigan had 8 years listening to her drivel and twaddle. You have to understand that she makes Joe Biden look like a genius. Srsly.

She tried mightily to get a job in the Obama administration, however, Obama never got drunk enough to appoint her to anything...which is to his credit. Currently, she's one of the lead losers on Al gore's "Current TV."

“There’s a 'Donald J. Simpson' of Columbia, South Carolina, page on the South Carolina Tea Party site as well, talking about him joining the Tea Party last year,” said Ross. “Now, we don’t know if they're even the same person. But it's a Tea Party member in a state ending in 'Carolina'"

"Well, I just can't fathom the reality of someone who makes threats like against the President or other celebrities. It has to be some sort of strange mental illness. But what do you get out of that?" He gets to look edgy in front of his dope smoking friends. Plus he's a moron. My personal guess is he read Obama used to bogart and took it personally.

"A potential reason perhaps for moving the President's speech indoors with greater security?"And if it was the exact same circumstance only it was Romney instead, would you still think that? If not, then no.